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E. E. DAVENPORT.

RAIL HOLDING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6. I916.

1,195,564} v PatentedAug. 22,1916.

ELMER E. DAVENPORT, or oHIcAeo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T0 MERwINa.

DAVENPORT, OF BARABQO, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-HOLDING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Application filed May 6, 1916. Serial No. 95,795.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER E. DAVENPORT, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Holding Means, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved form ofrailroad railholding means particularly adapted for holding the railfirmly and securely to the ties through long and continued usage.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail holding means. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional elevation showing the same as applied to the track.Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line B-B of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a topplan of a section of track showing the rail holding means used inconnection therewith.

This invention relates to improvements in railholding means of thegeneral type disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 92,856 inwhich the rails are held by members which are secured to the ties byspikes driven in a direction transverse to a vertical plane so that thevertical pull of the rails is crosswise of the spikes and does not causethem to loosen.

Endwise pull on the spikes soon loosens them and they have to be reset.When a spike is once loosened a little, the knocking or pounding on theunder side of the spike head causes a very rapid pulling of the spikes,for as the play between the rail and spike head increases, the poundingbecomes harder and assumes the nature of a blow.

The present invention also provides an arrangement whereby the spikesthat hold the rail holding members may be driven into the tie and at thesame time drawn downward as they are driven in such manner that the railis tightly wedged between the rail holding member and the tie.

In the construction shown in the drawings the rail holding meanscomprises a member having a body part 17 a part or lug 18 lo cated atone end of the body part and adapt ed to bear down upon the base flangeof the rail. -A tapered tailpiece 19 is provided at the other end of thebody part 1, and has a round hole 20 formed therein for receiving aspike 21 about which the member may be pivotally moved. The body part 17is also provided with a vertically disposed slot 22 located between thehole 20 and lug 18 and adapted to receive a spike 23 which may be driventherethrough into a tie 24. Spike 23 is driven into the tie at aslightly downward slant as shown in Fig. 3, and as it is driven it isdrawn or bent downward so as to wedge the base flange of the railtightly between the lug 18 and the tie 24. The full lines show the spikein the starting position, and the dotted lines show it in its finalposition. In the dotted outline the spike is shown slightly wider thanin full outline in order to avoid having the dotted lines coincide withthe full lines throughout part of their 7 length.

The operation is believed to be apparent from the foregoing description,and it is to be understood that the improved rail holding means are tobe used in conjunction with the usual rail spikes. With the use of thisform of rail holding means ties of soft wood may be safely used, and thespikes will not be drawn therefrom.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shownand described, it will be understood that the construction may bealtered or details omitted without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A rail holding member having a body part, a lug adapted to hold arail and a tail part, said tail part having a round hole for receiving aspike and said body part having a vertically disposed slot for receivinga spike, all for the purposes herein set forth.

2. Rail holding means, comprising a member, a part on one end of saidmember for holding a rail, the other end of said member having a holetherein for receiving a spike about which said member may pivotally moveand said member having a second hole located between said rail holdingpart and said first mentioned hole,

adapted to receive a spike for drawing said rail holding part tightlyagainst a rail.

3. Rail holding means comprising a member, a part on one end of saidmember for holding a rail, the other end of said member having a holetherein for receiving a spike about Which said member may pivotally moveand said member having an elongated hole adapted to receive a spike fordrawing said rail holding part tightly against the rail. 7

Signed at Chicago this 4th day of May, 1916.

ELMER E. DAVENPORT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for 7 Washington, D. C.

